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"London England -------------51.32N 0.5W-------Thor 5/6 @ 0.8 west"
Hi,
Useful thread but should London not be 0W as the Greenwich meridian is located in London?
Sorry to be pedantic lol,
regards,
nmrn

Top of the arc for the cities on that list. Get Helsinki for example. Longitude is 24.56E so the nearest sat to top of arc is 23.5E for that city and so on and on. We are often confused here that ALL set the motor to the due south position, but it only aplies to our geographical location, Each city has a different reference sat

The sat positions look the closest to the true south position, as indicated by the longitude reading. Your longitude reading provides you with your true south position, positive values = East, negative values = West, of course this is more useful for those of us using 36V motors, as we have to use old receivers, capable of handling a 36V motor, or use a V Box II positioner, capable of using the Diseqc commands to get our new receiver to position our dish.
If using USALS then the above information is not really required, but some people will still prefer to align the dish to their nearest true south satellite.